Incarceration devastates thousands of Texans every year with consequences rippling through an individual's entire family, as a mother of three recently testified before the Texas House Corrections ...

House Bill 3186 will allow courts to refer at-risk youth to crime diversion programs before they have been convicted of certain crimes. Before the new law, minors charged with Class C misdemeanors had ...

HOUSTON – House Bill 3186, the legislation is known as the Texas Youth Diversion and Early Intervention Act, will go into effect on Jan. 1. This law would allow judges to decide earlier on in the ...

A state eviction diversion program launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended, according to a new emergency order from the Texas Supreme Court released on Monday. The diversion ...

Harris County has rerouted roughly 15,000 young people arrested for nonviolent, misdemeanors to less punitive programs in the past six years, a move District Attorney Kim Ogg said Friday is aimed at ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Law enforcement, prosecutors and elected officials point to the creation of a diversion center as a solution to address crime related to mental health and homelessness. Travis County ...